Paying for mp3's, stupid or no?

[Popinjay]

I buy my music at a penny per megabyte legally, daryn says I am a dumbass for doing so. Am I?!

[BusterStacks]

yes. music is free and will always be free. btw I only download by the album anymore... before it hits store shelves.

[ThaSaltCracka]

do you use suprnova.org?

[Popinjay]

one of my arguments was an RIAA subpoena, thoughts?

[ThaSaltCracka]

naw, one of the courts overturned the ruling that allowed the RIAA to subpeona IP addreses from ISP's.

[BadBoyBenny]

I think the court only ruled that you must be notified that you are being subpeonaed, and then be given a resonable amount of time to challenge the subpeona (like 20 days). It is not a get out of jail free card.

[mmbt0ne]

That's pretty freakin cheap. That would make a song only 3¢-5¢. Where do you do that?

I use SoulSeek for the not so legal.

[daveymck]

At this moment in time I see no reason to pay.

However if in future bands start to publish themselves online and therefore most of the cash goes to them then I would look to pay.

If I like an album that much I then go out and buy it to get the full package and artwork and stuff, yes we only listen to the music but theres somthing good about having a good album with good artwork etc, its a pity CD's cases are so small, some of my vinal records look so much better than the cd counterparts.

[ilya]

I voted no, but I think the "stupid/not" question is only relevant if you don't think there's anything wrong with stealing music online. Which is a popular opinion, evidently. If you have a problem with the stealing, I don't see how you could do it even if figured to be the "smart" thing.

[daryn]

i agree with that. however, to all those who consider it stealing: would you consider it stealing if your friend bought the tape and recorded you a copy? oh yeah, we don't use tapes anymore. eh, the question still stands.